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MYTHOLOGY

200

'Xiuhtecuhtli was the fire god of these people also called the Tenochca'

Aztecs

400

'Some say she was detained by King Proteus & that the woman taken to Troy was a phantom made to look like her'

Helen

600

'Nekhbet the vulture goddess protected the upper part of this country; Buto the cobra goddess got the lower'

Egypt

800

'This king of Ithaca, Odysseus' father, has the same name as Ophelia's brother in "Hamlet"'

Laertes

1000

'This Norse trickster liked to turn himself into a salmon & frolic in Franang's Falls'

Loki

FUNNY MEN

200

'Be cool, man! He's the hip '60s comedian being searched here by a cop'

Lenny Bruce

400

'Scantily clad dancers on this popular British TV comedian's show were called "Hill's Angels"'

Benny Hill

600

'Today's secret word, it's the real first name of legendary comedian Groucho Marx'

Julius

800

'This onetime Vaudevillian & star of "Modern Times" was knighted in 1975'

Charlie Chaplin

1000

'Things went from riches to rags for this corpulent comic in the 1920s'

Fatty Arbuckle

LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY

200

'In World War II only Mexico & this largest Latin American country provided troops to the Allied cause'

Brazil

400

'In 1903 the U.S. signed a treaty with Cuba for the rights to establish a naval base at this site'

Guantanamo Bay

600

'In 1869 Ebenezer Bassett, the USA's first black diplomat, became minister to this French-speaking nation'

Haiti

800

'In 1862 Great Britain formally took control of this country, then called British Honduras'

Belize

1000

'In November 1533 this Spanish conquistador triumphantly entered Cuzco'

Francisco Pizarro

"DIS" IS FOR REAL!

200

'A reduced price for goods'

Discount

400

'Army discharge below one for bad conduct'

Dishonorable

600

'According to Shakespeare, it's "the better part of valor"'

Discretion

800

'Infectious canine disease characterized by lethargy & fever'

Distemper

1000

'Abbreviated DSM, it's a military decoration for exceptional performance of duty'

Distinguished Service Medal

CELEBRITY RELATIVES

200

'In the 1920s this princess' father, John, won 3 Olympic gold medals for the U.S. in rowing'

Grace Kelly

400

'They're the mama & the papa of singer-actress Chynna Phillips'

John & Michelle Phillips

600

'He directed his daughter Alison in the film "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"'

Clint Eastwood

800

'He appeared in the 1951 London stage production of "South Pacific", which starred his mom, Mary Martin'

Larry Hagman

1000

'(Hi, I'm Joshua Morrow) My "Young & Restless" co-star, Jeanne Cooper, is the real life mom of this former "L.A. Law" star'

Corbin Bernsen